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PRS announces new limited edition colours for SE Bernie Marsden
By Guitarist, Total Guitar, Guitar Techniques last updated
Black Cherry, Santana Yellow, Sapphire and more!
Win a private guitar lesson with Philip Sayce
By Total Guitar, Guitarist, Guitar Techniques last updated
Get personalised tips from the blues guitarist and win goodies!
Joe Bonamassa, Chuck Ragan, new guitar gear demos in The Gear Show episode 3
By Guitarist, Total Guitar, Guitar Techniques last updated
September edition now live
Electro-Harmonix unveils new Nano Looper 360 pedal
By Guitarist, Total Guitar, Guitar Techniques last updated
Get loopy, with a smaller footprint
PRS Guitars announces new additions to Archon amp range
By Guitarist, Total Guitar, Guitar Techniques last updated
Big cleans, bigger high gain sounds, more practical power ratings
MusicRadar Acoustic Expo 2014
By MusicRadar Team, Total Guitar, Guitarist, Guitar Techniques last updated
On Wed 25th and Thurs 26th June, 2014, the MusicRadar Acoustic Expo will return for its second year
10-minute lick bag: how to play sweep picked half diminished arpeggios
By Guitar Techniques last updated
Four and five string arpeggios aren't that unusual to rock fans savvy to virtuosos like Yngwie Malmsteen, Richie Kotzen and Vinnie Moore but these half diminished are a little different!
10-minute lick bag: how to play a funky auto-wah lick
By Guitar Techniques last updated
This lick could feature as the hook of a pop funk song it's so memorable!
10-minute lick bag: how to play a classic blues-rock lick
By Guitar Techniques last updated
A classic blues-rock lick in the key of B minor
Nile Rodgers on David Bowie
By Guitar Techniques last updated
Chic founder recalls working with Bowie on Let's Dance
Claim your FREE copy of our Play Like Your Blues Heroes, worth £9.99
By Guitarist, Total Guitar, Guitar Techniques last updated
Get a FREE printed copy of our Play Like Yours Blue Heroes, worth £9.99, and learn to play like the finest blues guitarists of the past 100 years
60 seconds with... Steve Lukather
By Guitar Techniques last updated
A minute with a great guitarist is all you need to see what makes them tick. We grabbed Toto main man Steve Lukather to give the 'A's to our 'Q's.
Quick licks: advanced #19
By Guitar Techniques last updated
Another pair of advanced riffs
60 seconds with... Larry Miller
By Guitar Techniques last updated
As he jumped in his limo to the airport, the blues player answered our quick questions
Quick licks: intermediate #19
By Guitar Techniques last updated
Two new intermediate riffs
Bath Guitar Festival and Summer School 2013 kicks off today!
By Guitarist, Total Guitar, Guitar Techniques last updated
Internationally renowned and rising young artists to perform
COMPETITION: Win a free place at the International Guitar Foundation Summer School 2013 worth £325!
By Guitarist, Guitar Techniques, Total Guitar last updated
Bath Guitar Festival & Summer School takes place on 19-25 July 2013
Enter the Acoustic Expo 2013 competition!
By MusicRadar Team, Total Guitar, Guitarist, Guitar Techniques last updated
Enter to win a gorgeous Gibson J-35
Brian May signature guitar
By Jason Sidwell, Guitar Techniques last updated
It's red and it's special!
Red Jasper RJ-1V Overdrive pedal
By Jason Sidwell, Guitar Techniques last updated
New overdrive pedal from Free The Tone
Joe Barden pickup review
By Guitar Techniques last updated
Want great singlecoil tones without the hum? We discover how well Joe Barden Engineering offers this ultimate sonic package
Learn to Play Day 2014 is coming
By MusicRadar, Guitarist, Total Guitar, Guitar Techniques, Rhythm last updated
It's estimated that 15 million people in the UK would like to play an instrument or would like to start playing again
Quick licks: advanced #1
By Guitar Techniques last updated
We've nailed easy and intermediate, now it's time to get advanced! Here's a lick based on John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu era and some serious Steve Morse-style Mixolydian madness!
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